'Applefied Ads.' What If Every Advert Was Designed By Apple?

The white background. The use of myriad pro font. The boring minimalist layout. All of it is pretty synonymous with Apple; but what would it look like if this style was adapted to an ad for Coca-Cola, Levis or even bread? Think no more, as we introduce Art Director Bryan Evans' blog 'Applefied Ads.'

Seeing this advertising motif adapted to everyday products makes you realise a couple things. You grasp an understanding of just how outdated the whole 'minimalism' idea in this space is, and you take heed of just how pretentious Apple has been with their promotional material.

Take a glimpse at the nightmare world of every ad looked like an Apple ad.

It's almost like peering behind the reality distortion field and exposing the advertising secret of Apple. Well I'm certainly not going to fall for it again...well i do really want some McDonalds now though.

Apple announces more about upcoming 'Apple Watch'

Following the Apple Watch announcement in September, Tim Cook has taken to the stage at their 'Spring Forward' event in San Francisco to announce more details - including price, launch date, app support, battery life and much more.

Apple Awarded Design Patent On A Rectangle With Rounded Corners

The US Patent and Trademark Office issued Apple a design patent on rectangular devices with rounded corners.

Patent no. D670,286 pertains to the "ornamental" design of the iPad, and essentially covers a "Portable display device" that's a rounded rectangle. While it will cover Apple's claims to innovating such a design, the usefulness of such a vastly broad patent is questionable.

Why The Smaller iPad Was A No-Show

Apple's 'New iPad' launch event largely went as rumors predicted, with one glaring exception. The smaller iPad anticipated by many, including the normally rock solid Wall Street Journal, was missing in action. So what happened? There's been too much buzz around a lilliputian iPad for too long to presume Apple has not at least thought about it.

Apple Appeal Fails, Ordered To Run Samsung ‘Apology’ Ads

In the latest verdict in a long line of patent disputes between the two technology giants, a UK judge has sided in favour of Samsung in an ongoing case over design patents relating to the iPad. With it, Apple will be ordered to run advertisements in British newspapers and magazines, as well as its website, stating that Samsung did not infringe Apple’s design patents.

New Apple Intern shows ideas for Notification Centre tweaks

University of Georgia student Jan-Michael Cart has posted a video demonstrating his ideas for tweaking the UI, particularly around Notification Centre in iOS5, adding some rather worthwhile implementations that have managed to get him hired as a UI/UX Design Intern at Apple.